Military Spending = Patriotism?

Liberal and concervative media will push the patriotism button. It will go something like, "Congress is considering cuts to our brave military, many of whom served in Iraq. As China, North Korea and the entire Middle East increase military spending, some think they will all remain as peaceful as lambs."

Absent from any discussion will be the hundreds of countries where our 189 military bases are staffed. Seldom will there be discussions about the fact that The USA has a larger military capability and spends more money on military than the next 10-countries combined (friends or enemies). Yes, if you organized the military spending of all nations, we are number one and the COMBINED military expenses of the next 10 countries is less than what we spend.

Our geographic location makes it difficult for a land invasion, unless Mexico or Canada attacks! As for 9/11, the military found not stop it. Some would argue that if we stopped being the world's policemen, we would not be so hated around the world.

We should have all of the military we need to protect the United States. Our military should not serve the businesses in foreign countries. We should spend enough to remain the best military in the world and we should enact laws that prohibit sales of our weapons.

However, we will not see any such action. Tomorrow, we will see more and more stories that imply any cut in military spending will harm our troops, put America at risk and is unpatriotic.